“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.

“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.

“This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio, the Internet, blogs, e-mail and daily conversation about the election."

SPC, the Press realease you posted is just staring to make it's way to the masses, it is NOT a SMEAR, it is NOT a RUMOR, it was being reported earlier in minor news pieces. This is not the first time Barry O has tried to squash free speech in his bid for POTUSJust yesterday his rally at UWM....http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008 ... 008/413770

NOT ALL COUNTRIES guarantee their citizens the right to virtually unbridled freedom of speech. The United States does. Would someone please tell the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama? And the dozing guardians of liberty at the University of Mary Washington?

Mr. Obama, the Democratic nominee for president, is scheduled to speak at a rally at the university today. The public is invited to this forum, on property it, the public, owns. However, signs and banners will not be allowed, according to the organizers and compliant campus officials. Suddenly, UMW is a First Amendment-Free, or at least a First Amendment-Crippled, Zone, subject to the self-serving preferences of politicos. Why does an Obama rally--or a McCain rally or a Nader rally--justify taking a little off the top of Americans' most fundamental rights?

Fascist Pig, and to think people are stepping into line to drink his Kool-Aid.

This kind of marching and expressing free speech will not ever be allowed under President "The Messia" Obama. I was reading the Fredricksburg Papers Online comments section, amazingly there were people saying it was GREAT that Obama did this, they even mentioned that "Signs" Violated their Rights!!, another was so impressed that when they were TOLD not to applaud and they were perfect. Yeah, I'll bet, like Perfect little SUBJECTS, not unlike those who live in North Korea, Cuba and China. I'm actually witnessing the demise of free will, free speech and Democracy as we once knew it and the Media is a co-conspirator in the whole thing. Which reminds me of History repeating itself, only in a country where this was never supposed to happen.

When the Nazis came for the communists,I remained silent;I was not a communist.

When they came for the trade unionists,I did not speak out;I was not a trade unionist.